Hi all,
I'm new here, been lurking for awhile and thought I'd jump in. Every fall/winter I do some sort of a fun project as my business slows down. This year I decided to build a headache rack for my truck. I am by no means a welder, just a guy with a little MIG welder and a plasma cutter who enjoys sticking things together from time to time. So far I have most of the parts cut and fitted. Over the weekend I'll finish making parts and get 'er welded up. Suggestions welcome!
Regards,
Gary
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Yup, drew it up myself using MS Visio.
Gary
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I was woundering, How much cost do you have in materials alone?
Thank You,
Thank You,
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All the steel, lights and wiring cost me about $250. Sandblast and powder coat will be about $150.PowerMetalTexas wrote:I was woundering, How much cost do you have in materials alone?
Thank You,
This is a shot of it before I took it to the powder coater on Tuesday. I'll post another pic when I get it back.
Gary
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Complete and installed, along with a toolbox.
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Nice job! How'd you mount it? Bolted to bed rails?
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I used 4 j-bolts to mount the toolbox and rack to the bed rail at the same time. For the lights I changed out the 7-pin plug I had mounted in the bed for my goosneck trailer for a 7-pin/4-pin combo then plugged the headache rack wiring into the 4-pin plug.
Thats a nice looking rack! About how long did it take you to do that? Also what tools were needed? I was just wondering what the thickness measured in inches 14 gauge equals to. I just purchased a miller diversion 165 used twice for 800 bucks and would like to build something like this. My welder can penetrate 3/16 MAX.